{"id":1188870,"date":"2023-10-04T15:25:23","date_gmt":"2023-10-04T19:25:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1188870"},"modified":"2023-10-04T15:25:23","modified_gmt":"2023-10-04T19:25:23","slug":"archax-is-a-2-7-million-pilotable-robot-for-the-ultra-wealthy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1188870","title":{"rendered":"Archax is a $2.7 million pilotable robot for the ultra-wealthy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"rss-wrap\">\n<div><a name=\"page-1\" \/><\/div>\n<ul class=\"gallery shortcode-gallery gallery-wide\">\n<li>\n<div class=\"gallery-item-content\">\n<div class=\"gallery-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/inside-980x552-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n<p>\n            Tsubame Industries&#8217; Archax robot.                          [credit:<br \/>\n                              <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=L1iUB7F9wpc\">Robot Start\/YouTube<\/a><br \/>\n                            ]\n                      <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Robots are already <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/2023\/05\/the-worlds-most-expensive-robovac-is-the-1600-dyson-360-vis-nav\/\">cleaning our homes<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/2023\/04\/nypd-robocops-hulking-400-lb-robots-will-start-patrolling-new-york-city\/\">patrolling our cities<\/a>. Now, they&#8217;re ready to embody our favorite mecha-themed science fiction indulgences\u2014if you have 400 million yen (about $2.7 million) to splurge.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tsubame-hi.com\/\">Tsubame Industries<\/a>, a Tokyo-based startup, currently has five Archax units, a pilotable robot, available for preorder, as reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/technology\/japan-startup-develops-gundam-like-robot-with-3-mln-price-tag-2023-10-02\/\">Reuters<\/a> this week. Tsubame unveiled the robot this summer and plans on demoing the robot at the Japan Mobility Show from October 26 through November 5. Tsubame won&#8217;t just have a giant robot on display; the robot will demonstrate movement of its upper body and arms, according to a Google translation of an August report from Japanese publication <a href=\"https:\/\/robotstart.info\/2023\/08\/19\/archax-unveiled.html\">Robot Start<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Built with human-like proportions, Archax has moving rear legs and front legs and uses front-wheel steering. It also has a movable head (left and right), waist (left and right), shoulders (up and down), elbows, wrists, and fingers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/?p=1973238#p3\">Read 12 remaining paragraphs<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/?p=1973238&amp;comments=1\">Comments<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource: Ars Technica &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/?p=1973238\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Archax is a .7 million pilotable robot for the ultra-wealthy<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tsubame Industries&#8217; Archax robot. [credit: Robot Start\/YouTube ] Robots are already cleaning our homes and patrolling our cities. Now, they&#8217;re ready to embody our favorite mecha-themed science fiction indulgences\u2014if you have 400 million yen (about $2.7 million) to splurge. 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